The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) have published the report ‘Opening up talent for business success: integrating talent management and diversity’.
This report explores the extent to which employers are integrating talent management, and what can be learnt from those that do. It is aimed at talent management and diversity professionals and all those [...]

Employers are believed to be missing out on talented female workers, it has been claimed – which could lead to suggestions of discrimination in the UK workplace.
The World Economic Forum’s Corporate Gender Gap Report 2010 has been launched and notes that not enough is being done by corporate businesses to close the gap of gender [...]

The leading voice of graduate recruiters and developers has called on the next Government to abolish the 50% target for participation in higher education and to start a phased increase in student top-up tuition fees.
The Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) said the measures were vital to raise standards and improve the student experience, and would [...]

The Law Society Charity says more needs to be done to open the profession up to a wider, more diverse talent pool, as the Law Society opens applications for the Diversity Access Scheme.
The Society’s scheme, which is supported by the Law Society Charity, is just one initiative led by the Society to create [...]

Ambitious new targets to help more people with mental health conditions and learning disabilities in the workplace, are announced today by Minister for Disabled People Jonathan Shaw.
From April this year, 2,000 people with learning disabilities and up to 1,500 people with mental health conditions will be guaranteed places on the Access to Work programme to [...]

Diversity should be threaded through all talent management activities and strategies so organisations can reap the benefits of accessing and developing talent from the widest possible pool. This is the main finding of a new Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) research report, Opening Up Talent for Business Success: Integrating Talent Management and Diversity, [...]

The impact of the recession has put a burden on recruitment agencies and firms looking to employ new staff, it has been claimed.
TalentPuzzle said many employers have been inundated with CVs and applications which have not always lived up to the job requirements.
Furthermore, research by the company found 86 per cent of the business owners [...]

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A European Parliament committee has passed a draft legislation which would extend maternity leave to 20 weeks on full pay.
In the current European legislation, women are given 14 weeks of maternity leave on full pay, but the UK legislation requires employers to give up to a year off, with 90% of full pay for the [...]

Business minister Lord Young was in Milton Keynes today to see the young apprentices who are keeping the UK’s trains on track.
Railcare runs a successful Apprenticeship programme which covers vehicle production, components and incident repair. The apprentices are working towards an advanced modern Apprenticeship.
Lord Young said:
“It is encouraging to see a small business like Railcare [...]